Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-01-31
BUSINESS AND MINING NOTES.
The Weather 49, Park city Mining
Items-COmstOCk Reports.

The cloudless sky OF to day is in beau
tiiul contrast with the past week OF storms
and the mining fraternity rejoice at the
intimations of approaching spring. From
the old reliable Park Record, published
on Saturday, and the CaH published on
Thursday Of each week, the DEMOCRAT
draws LIBERAL Of items for its-mining
notes. The 4 owing is from the Record
OF the Goth st.:
\ reporter OF the Rccord learned yes
tcrday from Il reliable source that affairs
in and around the Apex were looking bet
ter than ever before. Some four months
ago a larg1 bo.y OF high grade silver
lead ore was struck in drift OF the lower
tunnel running toward the Crescent
This new find was followed up and now
enough is known OF the charaC
ter and extent OF the ore body
to warrant its development on q
! mammoth scale. The Apex is giving
assurance Of coming to the front as one
OF the heaviest producers and shippers
in the Park. The stock is quoted at
about 50 cents and it is on the raise. Ar
engagements have been made with the
Crescent Company whereby the two
mines will be connected thus affording
better ventilation for the deeper working
of both mines
Thursday, in the tunnel Of the White
| head group ledge in quartAitc and lime
was struck. Samples were shown our
reporter yesterday by Mr.. Whitehead,
which experts unhesitatingIy pronounce
good stuff" and say it will assay high
enough to fully warrant extensive devel-
opments. The ledge was encountered in
the face OF the tunnel, which is in about
seventy feet, and about forty feet beneath
the surface. An irregular formation of
quartzite, lime and tule was gone through
for the whole seventy feet, when they
opened in what appears to be good and
| regular ledge between quartzite and lime.
James Morey is working only one SHIFT
on the Putnam group at present. Some
difficulty is had in getting extra supplies
up to the mine, but when spring opens a
large force will be put to work.
Geo Picrson is contemplating the in
corporation OF his several claims in Snake
Creek district. His ground is in the
vicinity Of the Rochester, and is undoubt-
eddy very valuable.
The sale OF several hundred feet in
terest in the Garvev, Vulcan and Pinto
mining claims by the Nelson estate ex-
ecutors realized $4,000 gross. The sale
was confirmed by the Probate court yes.
terday.
During the week the Macintosh sam.
pier received 2S3, 1860 pounds OF Ontario
ore and 1874, $50 pounds oil DAILY ore total,
4G7, 400 pounds.
For the week just ended the Crescent
shipped 279,S05 pounds Of first-class ore.
The Ontario shipped during the week
2G bars OF bullion, containing l3 ,9OG. SO
fine ounces OF silver.
To-day the usual amount Of DAILY bul.
lion will be turned out OF the MarsaC mill
The Crescent is doing some active and
profitable prospecting work 50 that when
the new hosting works are completed
early next summer less dead work will
be required and operations ON large
scale will he little ii any mpedcd Three
sleighs are kept busy hauling ore down
Ihayne's canyon ior shipment. The
concentrator was temporarily fired up
last Tuesday when the sarnpling mill
handled small lot OF Crescent ore
The water in the Anchor shaft has
been drained past the 400 level and
sinking the shaft is going on as fast as
possible.
The unrcr'a 'cs Of Comstock mining
reports I- In. Datcd in the following
from tine SI francisco Post Of the 18th.
Ophir quickly puta duupcr upon the
market al the mpmjul session by ,lrpp-
ping tu 1884,. lhr sales amounted io
only 1850 shares Two wrII-kuOwn resi-
dents Ol Virginia City, both miners. were
in the lobby. and were asked .IYut tl,.